Marriage to Pharaoh's Daughter
1 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
Huyo Sulemani akafanya ujamaa na Farao, mfalme wa Misri, akamwoa binti yake Farao, akamleta mjini mwa Daudi, hata alipokwisha kuijenga nyumba yake, na nyumba ya Bwana, na ukuta wa kuuzunguka Yerusalemu.
2 Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
Ila watu walikuwa wakichinja dhabihu katika mahali pa juu, kwa sababu haikuwapo nyumba iliyojengwa kwa jina la Bwana, hata siku zile.
3 And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
Sulemani naye akampenda Bwana, akienda katika amri za Daudi babaye, ila hutoa dhabihu na kufukiza uvumba katika mahali pa juu.
4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
Basi mfalme akaenda Gibeoni, ili atoe dhabihu huko; kwa kuwa ndipo mahali pa juu palipo pakuu. Sulemani akatoa sadaka elfu za kuteketezwa juu ya madhabahu ile.
Solomon's Choice of Wisdom
5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
Na huko Gibeoni Bwana akamtokea Sulemani katika ndoto ya usiku; Mungu akamwambia, Omba utakalo nikupe.
6 And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Sulemani akasema, Umemfanyia mtumwa wako Daudi baba yangu fadhili kuu, kadiri alivyoenenda mbele zako katika kweli, na katika haki, na katika unyofu wa moyo pamoja nawe; nawe umemwekea na fadhili hii kubwa, maana umempa mwana wa kuketi kitini pake kama ilivyo leo.
7 And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Na sasa, Ee Bwana, Mungu wangu, umenitawaza niwe mfalme mimi mtumwa wako badala ya Daudi baba yangu; nami ni mtoto mdogo tu; sijui jinsi inipasavyo kutoka wala kuingia.
8 And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Na mtumwa wako yu katikati ya watu wako uliowachagua, watu wengi wasioweza kuhesabiwa, wala kufahamiwa idadi yao, kwa kuwa ni wengi.
9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
Kwa hiyo nipe mimi mtumwa wako moyo wa adili niwahukumu watu wako, na kupambanua mema na mabaya; maana ni nani awezaye kuwahukumu hawa watu wako walio wengi?
10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Neno hili likawa jema machoni pa Bwana, ya kuwa Sulemani ameomba neno hili.
11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
Mungu akamwambia, Kwa kuwa umeomba neno hili, wala hukujitakia maisha ya siku nyingi; wala hukutaka utajiri kwa nafsi yako; wala hukutaka roho za adui zako; bali umejitakia akili za kujua kuhukumu;
12 behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
basi, tazama, nimefanya kama ulivyosema. Tazama, nimekupa moyo wa hekima na wa akili; hata kabla yako hapakuwa na mtu kama wewe, wala baada yako hatainuka mtu kama wewe.
13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
Na mambo yale usiyoyaomba nimekupa, mali na fahari, hata hapatakuwa na mtu katika wafalme kama wewe, siku zako zote.
14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Nawe ukienda katika njia zangu, na kuyashika mausia yangu, na amri zangu, kama baba yako Daudi alivyokwenda, basi nitazifanya siku zako kuwa nyingi.
15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
Naye Sulemani akaamka, na kumbe! Ni ndoto. Akaenda Yerusalemu, akasimama mbele ya sanduku la agano la Bwana, akatoa sadaka za kuteketezwa, akatoa na sadaka za amani; akawafanyia karamu watumishi wake wote.
16 Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
Ndipo wanawake wawili, makahaba, walimwendea mfalme, wakasimama mbele yake.
17 And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
Na mwanamke mmoja akasema, Ee bwana wangu, mimi na mwanamke huyu tunakaa katika nyumba moja; nami nalizaa nilipokuwa pamoja naye nyumbani.
18 And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
Kisha, siku ya tatu baada ya kuzaa kwangu, ikawa mwanamke huyu naye akazaa; na sisi tulikuwa pamoja; hapakuwa na mtu mwingine pamoja nasi nyumbani, isipokuwa sisi wawili tu.
19 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
Na mtoto wa mwanamke huyu akafa usiku, maana alimlalia.
20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
Akaondoka kati ya usiku, akamwondoa mtoto wangu ubavuni pangu, mimi mjakazi wako nilipokuwa usingizini, akamweka kifuani pake, na mtoto wake mwenyewe, aliyekuwa amekufa, akamweka kifuani pangu.
21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
Nilipoondoka asubuhi nimnyonyeshe mtoto wangu, kumbe? Amekufa. Hata asubuhi nilipomtazama sana, kumbe! Siye mtoto wangu niliyemzaa.
22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
Ndipo yule mwanamke wa pili akasema, Sivyo hivyo; bali mtoto wangu ndiye aliye hai, na mtoto wako ndiye aliyekufa. Na mwenzake akasema, Sivyo hivyo; bali mtoto wako ndiye aliyekufa, na mtoto wangu ndiye aliye hai. Ndivyo walivyosema mbele ya mfalme.
23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
Ndipo mfalme akasema, Huyu anasema, Mtoto wangu yu hai, na mtoto wako amekufa. Na huyu anasema, Sivyo hivyo; bali mtoto aliyekufa ni wako, na mtoto aliye hai ni wangu.
24 And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
Mfalme akasema, Nileteeni upanga. Wakaleta upanga mbele ya mfalme.
25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
Mfalme akasema, Mkate mtoto aliye hai vipande viwili, kampe huyu nusu, na huyu nusu.
26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it .
Ndipo mwanamke yule, ambaye mtoto aliye hai ni wake, akamwambia mfalme kwa maana moyoni mwake alimwonea mtoto wake huruma, akasema, Ee bwana wangu, mpe huyu mtoto aliye hai, wala usimwue kamwe. Lakini yule mwingine akasema, Asiwe wangu wala wako; na akatwe.
27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
Ndipo mfalme akajibu, akasema, Mpe huyu wa kwanza mtoto aliye hai, maana yeye ndiye mama yake.
28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
Na Israeli wote wakapata habari za hukumu ile aliyoihukumu mfalme wakamwogopa mfalme; maana waliona ya kuwa hekima ya Mungu ilikuwa ndani yake, ili afanye hukumu.
